Poker News

Three Philadelphia brothers were arrested in connection with the robbery, allegedly orchestrated by a Delaware state trooper, of a "high stakes" poker game at an upscale Delaware golf club. The three brothers, Addae C. Powell, 26, Jeffrey N...more

Students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were disappointed recently when the school's "Hold Em For Hunger" charity poker tournament was canceled due to legal concerns that the tournament would break state regulations rega...more

The Isleta poker room, located about ten minutes south of downtown Albuquerque, right off Interstate 25, is one of the oldest rooms in New Mexico. I first played there in 1998, well before the huge poker boom and the resulting expansion of ...more

The controversial Massachusetts bill that would allow three resort-style casinos while criminalizing online gambling was defeated by a House vote of 106-48 on Thursday. Defeating the proposed bill by Governor Deval Patrick had become the ca...more

Rarely does a week pass by without news of a big score by a formerly unknown poker player. Brandon Cantu was once one of those names, most of which are rarely heard from again. Vancouver native Cantu emerged from nowhere to win a $1,500 200...more

After watching the thoroughbreds make a run for the roses, players can make a run on the poker oval with the "Poker Brat" and "Mr. Omaha". Noted pros Phil Hellmuth Jr. and Robert "Mr. Omaha" Williamson III will host the Kentucky Derby Poker...more

In a game of luck, instruction and strategy are immaterial. This was the premise that guided Michael Dedonno and Dr. Douglas K. Detterman on their quest to determine if poker was a game of skill. Their paper in the current issue of Gambling...more

The hand (from an entertaining episode of "High Stakes Poker"): Blinds: 300/600 with a 1200 straddle. Gold's stack: ~$391,000 Farha's stack: Over $391,000 Neither player's stack is actually given specifically during the hand, but...more

PokerStars has announced an impressive schedule of events and qualifiers on its site with the end goal of sending over 1,000 players to this summer's WSOP. In the promotion, running for the next several months, PokerStars qualifiers can win...more

Wednesday, the Massachusetts House Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies voted 10-8 to reject Governor Deval Patrick's proposed bill to build three casinos and criminalize online poker in the state. The committee...more